Saint Von Colucci (2000-2023) was a Canadian-Portuguese actor, singer, and songwriter who died in 2023 after an operation to treat infection from a previous jaw implant surgery became complicated.
Wiki/Biography
Saint Von Colucci was born on Thursday, 28 December 2000 (age 22 years; at the time of death) in Quebec, Canada. His zodiac sign was Capricorn. He was interested in music since childhood particularly emo/pop music. He worked as a child actor and a model before moving out to USA. He pursued a course in music production at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He moved to Seoul, South Korea in 2019 where he wrote songs for Korean pop artists. In an interview in 2022, he regretted his decision to move and said that he moved to Seoul due to the financial problems. He said,
It was a poor decision made out of financial desperation. When you are a nobody and get cut off financially by your parents for pursuing arts, you have no choice but to sell your songs and the copyrights of it, so someone else can take credits instead of you.”
A photo of Saint Von Colucci
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 6′ 0″
Weight (approx.): 80 kg
Hair Colour: Dark Blonde
Eye Colour: Blue
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father was Canadian, and his mother was Portuguese. His parents did jobs which required a lot of travelling, hence he grew up in different cities all over the world. There is not much information available about his siblings.
Wife & Children
He was unmarried.
Relationships/Affairs
He was single.
Career
Singer & Songwriter
He made his debut as a singer with EP ‘Hug Me If I Cry’ which was released in June 2022. His DJ name was Saint. The EP had songs titled Kill and Die, Heartless, and I Don’t Bleed which were based on heartbreak he felt after his first breakup. He talked about the EP in an interview and said,
It is about being young and in love, and all the troubles that come with it when the love is not returned to you and you are betrayed by close people to you that you thought were your friends.”
In August 2022, he released the songs Oppa, Pretty Lies, and Dangerously in Love in Korea and USA. He was also working on two other EPs titled ‘T1KT0K H1GH SCH00L’ and ‘I see demons at night’ when he died in 2023.
A photo of Saint Von Colucci clicked during a photoshoot
Actor
He played the role of an international student in the the drama series Pretty Lies and started shooting in June 2022 which was completed in December 2022; the series was scheduled to be released in USA by the end of 2023. His publicist Eric Blake revealed after his death that he was working as a trainee for a big South Korean Entertainment company when he died.
A photo of Saint Von Colucci clicked during the shooting of the drama series Pretty Lies
Death
Saint Von Colucci died on 23 April 2023 in a South Korean hospital after undergoing an operation. He had undergone 12 surgeries to look like singer Jimin of K-Pop band BTS. He was offered a 7-figure deal to work in a Korean series for which he had had to look like Jimin. He spent $220,000 ( around Rs 1,80,00,000) on 12 surgeries which included jaw surgery, implants, a face lift, a nose job, eye lift, an eyebrow lift, a lip reduction, and some other minor surgeries. He had undergone a jaw implant surgery in November 2022 which caused an infection in his jaws. He underwent surgery to remove those implants on 22 April 2022; however, due to complications during the surgery, he was put on ventilator. His health deteriorated, and he passed away at the age of 22.
Three photos of Saint Von Colucci showing his transformation to look like the BTS singer Jimin
Facts/Trivia
- He knew 5 languages which were English, French, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- He once said in an interview that racism was rampant in South Korea, and there were urgent need to be anti-racism laws to be implemented in the country. He said that he would always stand by right thing and would fight for what be believe in. He said,
South Korea is a racist country, but unlike any other racist countries such as the USA, Australia, etc, South Korea`s racism, just like in Poland, is not within the minority of the population but within the exact institutions that should be condoning it, such as the governments and local business. South Korea lacks basic anti-discrimination laws and turns a blind eye to it due to being a minority`s problem in the country. Just like misogyny, racism is rampant in the country. That being said, I can tell you one thing for sure, I will make it, but while still staying true to myself and by fighting for what I believe is right, even if that means being hated by most of the world’s population.”
- He signed a deal with the agency IBG PLUS in 2021 and later signed a worldwide management deal with the agency City Boys Money.
Saint Von Colucci clicked after signed by City Boys Management
- His agent Eric Blake, who was working with Colucci since March 2022, said in an interview after his death that Colucci was insecure about his looks. He said,
He had a very square jawline and chin and he didn’t like the shape of it because he thought it was too wide an wanted a V-shape, the shape many Asians have. He was very insecure about his face. It was very hard from him to get a job in South Korea and he felt very discriminated against his Western looks.”